The reaction involving the reduction of a ketone to an alkane using zinc amalgam $(Zn-Hg)$ and concentrated hydrochloric acid $(HCl)$ is known as:
- AFinkelstein reaction
- BWilliamson's synthesis
- CClemmensen's reduction
- DSchotten-Baumann reaction
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